That's really useful thanks. John
On 21 June 2011 12:25, Robert Freeman-Day <pres...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/20/2011 12:44 PM, John McNulty wrote: > > The group names from these two commands display differently. For > example: > > > > $ net ads user info my-name -U my-name > > . > > . > > Systems Engineering EU > > > > > > $ wbinfo -g > > . > > . > > systemsengineeringeu.write > > > > > > Why is this different? > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > John, > > The "net" command is a close relative to the "net" command for windows. > It will display information in a format more like windows or ldap-like > output. > > If you do this type of "net" command on your samba install: > > net ads search "(SAMAccountName=adusername)" -P > > you will get all the entries from active directory, similar to the > output from ADSIedit. The "-P" allows you to use your samba machine's > credentials (if it is joined to the domain). > > net ads search "(&(objectCategory=computer)(name=*rhel*))" -P > > Allows ldap-like searching. > > "wbinfo" and "winbindd" allow translation from windows account formats > to unix-like account formats. This is why the outputs are different. > > If you were to do a "getent passwd aduser" you will get a direct entry > that is as if it was from /etc/passwd. It is actually getting info from > "winbindd" and translating it on the fly. > > Hope that helps differentiate them. > > Robert > - -- > ________ > > Robert Freeman-Day > > https://launchpad.net/~presgas > GPG Public Key: > > http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBA9DF9ED3E4C7D36 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk4Af7EACgkQup357T5MfTZE2wCfbOebJzIGvrlJp+vSNJ/MOKv+ > QF8An3NOKExf9gusbJfsZr/R13Heemwt > =bdGG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba